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Seeing Algae from Space

In November 2004, scientists confirmed an algae bloom off the West Coast of...

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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...

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Sea Lion Sickness

Both humans and sea lions get sick from eating fish and shellfish that have been...

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Geoengineering Phytoplankton Blooms

The bright, brilliant swirls of blue and green seen from space are a phytoplankton...

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Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

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Where the Amazon Meets the Ocean

Even though the Amazon River and the ocean seem very different—the river is...

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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, Seabird McKeon, returns...

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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms

Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...